06/01/2015

In-state tuition for undocumented still the law in Texas

Attempts to change Texas Education Code §543.052 to exclude persons "not authorized under federal statute to be present in the United States" from being considered as Texas residents eligible to pay in-state tuition were not successful in the recent legislative session.

The "sanctuary cities" bill also failed to make it to the governor's desk.

Julian Aguilar in his Texas Tribune article quotes JoAnn Fleming, the executive director of Grassroots America, a conservative East Texas group, as saying “It’s beginning to look as if some of those [immigration] campaign promises are ‘all hat and no cattle.’”